RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, today announced
that it has launched a tree planting campaign with the company’s
branch offices across the United States. A supplier of
environmentally-friendly high
speed color inkjet printers and duplicators,
RISO launched a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation earlier this
year to help plant 100,000 trees. As the company’s
branches hold tree plating events this fall, RISO will leverage this
partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation to coordinate the most
appropriate seedlings, sites and planting methods.

“Protecting the environment is important to
RISO,” said Todd Deluca, President and COO. “And
planting trees in the communities we serve confirms our vision of
responsibility to our customers, our employees and our dealers to help
offset the impact that other printing devices have on the environment.”

The campaign will make stops in many cities, including Chicago, Dallas,
Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and
Tampa, with the potential of tree plantings being held in other major
markets.

“One of the things we really admire about
RISO, besides planting trees in a national forest, is that the company
is setting a standard in their industry by supporting tree planting
events in their dealerships and in their local communities,”
said Doug Farrar, Vice President of Arbor Day Farm.

RISO’s partnership with the Arbor Day
Foundation is proving to be a big difference-maker as the company’s
effort to plant 100,000 trees over the course of four years is off to a
great start. Recently, RISO planted its 12,500th
tree in the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming.

“The RISO planting initiative will create
vital habitat for wildlife, save our streams from erosion and clean our
air,” said Matt Harris, President of the
Arbor Day Foundation. “The Arbor Day
Foundation is fortunate to have a number of strong corporate partners to
support our mission, and through this project, RISO joins that
responsible dedicated group.”

RISO is known throughout the industry for its commitment to green
printing technologies. In a 2007 survey of North American office
equipment dealers, RISO, Inc. was ranked as the “most
green” office products company and was
featured in the January 2008 issue of Office Technology magazine.

In addition to being cost-efficient, RISO’s
various printing products have a lower environmental impact than
traditional printing technologies, which in turn help customers to
conserve energy, reduce waste and utilize environmentally-friendly
features such as soy-based inks. For example, RISO’s
digital duplicators, which earned the ENERGY
STAR for their low energy use, require as little as two amps
electrical current when producing copies, or less energy than three
light bulbs. In a recent study comparing electricity consumption, RISO
digital duplicators showed 95 percent cost savings over many traditional
toner-based copiers or MFPs.

RISO,
Inc., headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts, is a wholly owned
subsidiary of RISO Kagaku Corporation, Japan's leading manufacturer and
distributor of production printers, digital duplicators and supplies.
RISO sells high-speed color and monochrome printing solutions throughout
the Americas. RISO's high-speed color printers provide fast and
affordable full color digital printing for everyday communications, at
speeds of up to 120 pages per minute. Its line of digital duplicators
includes one- and two-color systems that reliably produce millions of
copies, are environmentally friendly, and are easy and inexpensive to
use.

About the Arbor Day Foundation

The Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit, conservation and education
organization of nearly one million members, with a mission to inspire
people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees. More information on the
Foundation and its programs can be found at www.arborday.org.

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